Russian Official Goes Full Culture War: West is Trying to ‘Cancel’ Us, ‘As They Now Say in Tolerant Liberal Fascist Circles’
Russian Foreign Intelligence Director Sergei Naryshkin claimed his country is a victim of cancel culture as he blasted the international condemnation Russia has received for invading Ukraine.
Washington Post reporter Paul Sonne took comments from Naryshkin on Thursday where he claimed “The masks are off. The West isn’t simply trying to close off Russia behind a new iron curtain. This is about an attempt to ruin our government — to ‘cancel’ it, as they now say in ‘tolerant’ liberal-fascist circles.”
Sergei Naryshkin, head of Russian foreign intelligence: “The masks are off. The West isn’t simply trying to close off Russia behind a new iron curtain. This is about an attempt to ruin our government – to ‘cancel’ it, as they now say in “tolerant” liberal-fascist circles.”
— Paul Sonne (@PaulSonne) March 3, 2022
Sonne’s tweet wound up gathering notice from the Twitterverse, and a number of political observers snarked that Naryshkin’s comments sounded oddly resemblant of right-wing talking points about liberal intolerance and cancel culture. As such, the hot takes came pouring in.
Is this… cancel culture? 🤔 https://t.co/vVEfRUTDq1
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) March 3, 2022
Amazing how indistinguishable their language is from the American right https://t.co/hIUflXdgys
— Michelle Goldberg (@michelleinbklyn) March 3, 2022
Russian propaganda is parroting right-wing American propaganda.
This is a deliberate attempt to court conservatives in the West. They’ve done this before. Don’t fall for it. https://t.co/pf7Fy91hkk
— Will Saletan (@saletan) March 3, 2022
Cancel culture strikes again
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) March 3, 2022
Russian & Republican propaganda have converged. https://t.co/LIPG3JBOSp
— David Rothschild 🇺🇦 (@DavMicRot) March 3, 2022
What if instead of invading a sovereign country Putin just got a substack? https://t.co/WG5hfbGhn4
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) March 3, 2022
the interesting thing about everyone who uses this rhetoric is that it’s closely correlated to pathetic desperation https://t.co/YyiSkzYlhW
— Jason Linkins (@dceiver) March 3, 2022
Next year at CPAC https://t.co/F06gXk2EeP
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 3, 2022
Straight from Monica Crowley’s mouth. Stupid. https://t.co/ziSrfYPgw8
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) March 3, 2022
Amanda Carpenter was referring to a Fox News segment earlier this week where Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Monica Crowley spoke to Jesse Watters and claimed “Russia is now being canceled” as the country has been condemned and sanctioned internationally.
Watch above, via Fox News.
